Magic Lamps

I wrote a bit on him in the transfer thread a few months ago. Still stand by that mostly. 80m would be a Substantial but absolutely worthwhile investment. He will only appreciate in value with the crazy talent of his. Mind his goalscoring record is without being on penalty duty or cf tap ins. His actions on the ball are absolute quality. IMO he is very similar to Kaka in playing style with a bit of Zidane but not that similar to Lampard and Ballack who were both a bit more robust and more vertical in their movement and space usage in the sense that they could tact the tempo of the play in Front of the Defence and spray long balls or build up play, roam up and down in search for goalscoring positions and threaten goal even from 30yards+. Havertz moves more around and inside the penalty box, from flank to flank and in the channels. He knows he is most effective when he comes at least close to 20 yards to the opposition goal even if his pace is an added bonus on the break. So he is more of a pure yet versatile offensive player rather than a complete midfielder Lamps/Ballack Style. In that sense he would complete any attack. While, because of his meagre defensive Workrate and lack of tackling and tactical skills he would be wasted in central midfield, With a player like him in our front 3/4 we can optionally completely leave out a traditional striker or traditional wingers if we would like. He would not only give us a future top 10 player in the world but also a ton of tactical options up front. What I noticed is that for one heis not as useful on the wing as i remember in bundesliga in the earlier games and now he is playing deeper than ever for us esp in the last 2 games and also receiving the ball deeper where is is not as useful. Probabl helping out in midfield as our midfield has become a major weakness lately. The players just not complement each other well and are all quite limited.we really could use an old fashioned physical ball playing DM and a classic box to box midfielder for the double pivot these days. Anyway we will know more about how Havertz fits in here in a few weeks as he has only played in a fixed position in system for 5 games now and is still settling in.

Özil publicly supports mass murdering dictators without any regrets

It was ridiculous. The ref gave the softest pen ever and then let Fernandez who twice missed repeat the penalty until he scored . This really is rigged. I really wonder how many refs Penandes is blowing on the side lol

If kepas confidence is non existing it can’t get worse can it? You can’t get negative confidence I guess. We really should not care a out what makes Kepa happy. Özil is a different case. He just is a phlegmatic, toxic character. Kepa seems an alright lad just a shit goalie.

Maybe too much pressure. We rebuild the system for him but he can not really deliver week in week out as of yet. Maybe we have up the 433 too soon

Tbf they had been warming up for 5mins but there was no interruption.

Holy trinity may they stay healthy forever

lol yeah like pulisic

Have to say I was too harsh on him. Really beginning to warm to the guy. Even his interviews are now very diplomatic lol. Elegantly also dodged the trap question if he is more comfortable with Mendy in behind. Real team player.

I hope they can see the funny side of this. ofc lamps says he wants to support Kepa. But it has been pretty clear that he wants Kepas ass the hell out of the squad.

I like how Mendy despite not the best goalie technically has ice running through his veins. So cool. Makes everyone around him so much calmer. Told you what a difference a reliable goalie makes for a whole defence. Sad he can’t make Kante and Jorginho beat the press too kova really came in clutch win a few nice balls.Chilwell was a boss motm for me.

No Kepa no problem

Well organised, disciplined performance from both teams teams. Content with the result. Performance was meh but could have scored ourselves. 4 shots on target to Sevilla’s 2. Mendy and Chilwell still without a goal conceded when on the pitch together

Ridiculous. Both have settled in well

Kante was on his way down anyway and I don’t really see how Kepa can be blamed on the system

Timo let us down today. Could have scored twice

How is that not a red card clear open sole kick

Pukisic injured perfect

Tammy coming on. Game over now

Manure are living in the same nostalgia it seems. Silva here we go

I think we are a bit too negative on here. It’s not been pretty but an alright fight so far

We just need a bit more steel and decisiveness. Everyone a bit too soft

He is a beast in the air too

Ziyech still rusty

I will admit regulion would not have just shoved aside ocampos